• axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    10 months ago

    I'm still neutral on how this will go. Gut says Trump, but so many wacky things happen suddenly now that who knows. Some part of me still thinks Trump might go to jail or face some legal consequences. It's still very surprising that Colorado and New Hampshire knocked him off their ballots and now it's going to the supreme court. Also either of them might die or go infirm before November.

    I hate living in historically interesting moments

    • Grandpa_garbagio [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      It might actually be funnier if biden wins despite this kind of polling. Might get a redo for Jan 6

        • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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          10 months ago

          that's what I've been guessing might happen for a while. It would be hilarious. It would be the first time that would happen in a Democrat's favor (except if you count 1824, but I don't).

        • Adkml [he/him]
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          10 months ago

          This is the actual funniest option but would require an almost complete 180 on who virtually every state votes for.

          Getting 6 electoral voters because you got a combined 12 votes in the Dakotas, Wyoming and Montana is why republicans always do better in EC than popular votes.

    • Parent [none/use name]
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      10 months ago

      How has he wriggled out of his charges? I remember even the chapos and people on here were saying there's a good chance he won't be able to wriggle out of it this time.

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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        10 months ago

        He hasn't yet, he's still got a ton of trials upcoming. He recently had to pay $83 million in a defamation lawsuit. He's still awaiting trial for several more serious indictments. These trials are taking forever because A) It's complicated document crimes B) it's unprecedented to put a former president under this much legal squeeze and C) The court systems bow to money by dragging stuff out as long as possible until no one cares anymore.

        He's indicted for something like 90 felony counts, mostly related to Byzantine laws about how to handle documents or how to talk on the phone. I honestly don't understand most of it. But the trials haven't started yet. Who knows what judges will say in the next few months

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        He's a rich white republican.

        That's literally it.

        Ollie North has a gig at fox news that isn't broadcast from a cell. They don't actually face consequences.

    • Adkml [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      I have no idea what's going to happen except that trump will never ever face any legal consequences.

      That much I am absolutely certain of.

      Partially because I've been saying that for a decade at this point and have been right every time despite literally thousands of people telling me he was two weeks from jail for that entire decade.

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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        10 months ago

        I don't believe they'll throw him in jail, but they might order him to surrender property or money or something. He's been ordered to pay fines and damages before. That's the most I could imagine.

        • Adkml [he/him]
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          10 months ago

          Yea he's been ordered to pay fines and then has either refused or grifted it from his supporters.

          • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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            10 months ago

            Honestly you're probably going to be right. Trump's going to die peacefully in his bed after nothing ever happens to him. He's had the most blessed life so I don't see it stopping now.

            • Adkml [he/him]
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              10 months ago

              Kissinger recently passed away peacefully at the age of 116 surrounded by loving family members.

              It's not a just world.

    • ziggurter [he/him, comrade/them]
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      10 months ago

      If Trump becomes the first person to be elected from a jail cell, I will work the rest of my life to learn necromancy and bring my boy Debs back from the grave so he can exact vengeance.